Team
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Update - February 2023: We currently have a postdoc and phd position available!
If you are interested in joining our team, please send an email to sarit[dot]szpiro@edu.haifa.ac.il with your CV and research interests.
Meet the team
Dr. Sarit Szpiro
Principle InvestigatorI am a lecturer at the department of special education at the University of Haifa and am part of the Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center . Previously, I completed my Phd in cognitive psychology at New York University under the supervision of Prof. Marisa Carrasco studying perceptual learning and attention. I continued my research studying assistive technologies in the field of human-computer interaction with a postdoc at Cornell Tech (supervised by Prof. Shiri Azenkot) and Harvard Medical school (Prof. Gabriel Krieman and Prof. Eli Peli). In between I also worked as a data scientist in various companies including Amazon Alexa.
Karst Hoogsteen
Project: Assistive technologies for low visionMSc in Management Economics and Consumer Studies from Wageningen University. Currently a project manager at Bartimeus, Utrechet, Netherlands.
Omer Marom
Project: How appearance and priors are modified throughout development
Phd student majoring in autism, in the Department of special education, at the faculty of Education in Haifa University.
I hold B.A in special education and a teaching certificate from Oranim academic College. Currently, I study different aspects of children's perception under the guidance of Prof. Bat-Sheva Hadad and Dr. Sarit Szpiro.
Kholod Bibar
Project: How we perceive emotional expressions
Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy, University of Haifa.
Lior Maman
Project: Assisting low vision with augmented realityUndergrad student in Information Systems and Cognitive Science
Mor Fingerman
Project: Assisting low vision navigate multi-person meetingsMaster's student in Information Systems
Eman Mhajne
Project: How children learn and and modify priors in visionMaster student in Special Education
Mais Abbas
Project: How auditory and visual perception are linked in older adultsI hold BA in the Communication Sciences and Disorders. As an audiologist, I currently perform hearing tests and vestibular examinations on patients ranging in age from infancy to adulthood. I am now pursuing a Master's degree in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Haifa in the hearing and cognition cluster. My thesis is under the supervision of Dr. Hanin Karawani and Dr. Sarit Szpiro, it aims to investigate age-related sensory decline in auditory and visual perception and their interaction with cognitive decline.
Haneen Karah
Project: Perceptual learning in vision and audition across the lifespan Hanin Karah is a clinical audiologist and a PhD student at the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa. Lately, she has published her first research “Auditory Perceptual Exercises in Adults Adapting to the Use of Hearing Aids”. In her PhD she will continue to work on perceptual learning.
Alumni
Tanweer Milhem (Master thesis)
Project: Improving employment skills of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities by exposing them to video prompts I am an occupational therapist (I hold B.O.T from Tel-Aviv University), and work with children and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities. I have always been passionate to help people, especially with special needs. That's why I chose to major in special education- Autism and Developmental Disabilities for my master's degree.Renana Twito (Master thesis)
Project: Perception of emotions in autismMaster's student in the Special Education department
Tova Kimhi-Hananel
Project: Assisting ADHD students focus on teachers in the classroomMaster's student in the Special Education departmentMohamed Sliman
Cognitive Science student
Final project 2022
Project: Using big data to understand the needs of people with low vision
Amit Zarbiv
Cognitive Science student
Final project 2021
Project: How parents with visual impairments play with sighted children
B.A student majoring in cognitive science and human resources.